Texts from Jane Eyre: And Other Conversations with Your Favorite Literary Characters Hardcover – November 4, 2014 Author: Visit Amazon’s Mallory Ortberg Page | Language: English | ISBN:
1627791833 | Format: PDF, EPUB
Texts from Jane Eyre: And Other Conversations with Your Favorite Literary Characters – November 4, 2014
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- Hardcover: 240 pages
- Publisher: Henry Holt and Co.; First Edition edition (November 4, 2014)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1627791833
- ISBN-13: 978-1627791830
- Product Dimensions: 5.1 x 0.9 x 8.2 inches
- Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
- Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #230 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #2 in Books > Humor & Entertainment > Humor > Parodies
- #6 in Books > Humor & Entertainment > Humor > Satire
- #9 in Books > Literature & Fiction > Humor & Satire > Humorous
Texts from Jane Eyre And Other Conversations with Your Texts from Jane Eyre And Other Conversations with Your Favorite Literary Characters Mallory Ortberg Format Hardcover Texts from Jane Eyre And Other Conversations with Your Texts from Jane Eyre And Other Conversations with Your Favorite Literary Characters NOOK Book Date 11 4 2014 Publisher Texts from Jane Eyre And Other Conversations with Your text conversations from your favorite literary characters Other sellers Hardcover Texts from Jane Eyre And Other Conversations with Your Texts from Jane Eyre And Other Conversations with Your Texts from Jane Eyre And Other Conversations with Your Favorite Literary Characters http gonepecanla wordpress com 2014 Texts from Jane Eyre And Other Conversations with Your Texts from Jane Eyre And Other Conversations with Your Favorite Literary Characters by Mallory Ortberg Publication date 11 4 2014 Series Pages
I’m calling it now: This book is your go-to Christmas or birthday present for anyone bookish. It’s the kind of book that I would probably never buy for myself – but I would definitely grab it for a literature-obsessed friend….and I would be delighted if someone got it for me.
The concept is simple – what if your favourite literary characters had cell phones and were able to text each other? What would they say? Would they use emoji? (Answer: YES).
As you can probably tell, this book is chock full of inside jokes. Most of the books that Ortberg turns into text form are classics – you’ll see everything from Odysseus to Pride & Prejudice to The Great Gatsby here. But there are also a few newer adult and YA books, like The Hunger Games, where Ortberg has spun into a hilarious story of Peeta and his obsession with baking (note: the illustrations in this book are great and I’m pretty sure that the final version will be much prettier than my ARC!)
Ortberg has clearly read a lot more classics than I have, so there were definitely some "chapters" that I skimmed through simply because I didn’t know the book. But for the books, authors and poets that I have read and loved, she pretty much hits the nail on the head and had me rolling on the floor. I definitely snorted out loud a few times, because of COURSE Catherine and Heathcliff would be texting overwhelmingly scary "I love yous" to each other. Of COURSE John Keats would be obsessing over the prettiness of an urn. And of course, Frank Churchill would be texting Emma about how much he doesn’t like reserved people.
There are a ton more books that have been "textified" – some of which are REALLY fun (Babysitters Club, anyone?).
Texts From Jane Eyre And Other Conversations With Your Favorite Literary Characters is the first publication by Mallory Ortberg, co-founder of highbrow humor site The Toast. Her previous work has been published through a number of outlets, but I found out about her at a reading in Los Angeles where she performed a piece called Male Novelist Jokes. I can’t do justice to the premise by describing what I saw that night, I can only say these are now my favorite lightbulb jokes of all time, and I will be keeping them in mind when setting forth on novels of my own, as to to avoid being rightfully lampooned. Throughout the piece, the repetition of the question posed became funnier with each variation in Ortberg’s inflection and the wounds left by the sharpness of her wit grew deeper.
Ortberg’s book, which imagines how figures from literature would converse over text message, draws comedy from the widely criticized style of conversation that the kids these days use over their smartphones, but it is not an indictment of that development in our society. Rather, it’s in the juxtaposition of text messaging and classic characters where the amusement lies, and it’s written in such a fun way that you can feel the author laughing right along with you. (Or at the very least, restraining a smile while watching you crack up – something I enjoy about Ortberg’s social media presence is her explosive, occasionally all-caps persona, which she balances out with sincere bursts of sentiment and social and political commentary.)
Humor based on reference can be tricky. In the case of sticking Dennis Miller in the broadcast booth on MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL, it was disastrous. For a show like FAMILY GUY, it can be seen as a shortcut.
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